Whatever You Do, Don’t Outsource Your Happiness
Be responsible for your life experiences
It pays to live life on your own terms. If you can’t, the one thing you shouldn’t make someone else’s responsibility is your own happiness. No single person should be responsible for your happiness.
If you are waiting for any member of your family or others to make you happy, you will be waiting for a very long time. And it’s a terrible way to live.
Don’t get me wrong — by all means, do more for those you care about. Make quality time for them but don’t make your happiness their responsibility.
Roy T. Bennett was right when he said, “Take responsibility of your own happiness; never put it in other people’s hands.”
Much of human misery stems from the need to be liked or accepted by others. Many people place less value on their own opinions of themselves than what others think of them.
They look to others to feel happiness. And waste a lot of time in the process. Think about it: all that time you spend expecting your spouse, parents or the people you love to make you happy, could have been spent on events and experiences that makes you come alive.
All the time you spend waiting for approval from someone to feel appreciated could have been spent…
